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te,  ye  children,  hearken  unto  me . 
f  spfi  teach  you  the  fear  of  the  Lord. 
Psalm  xxxiv.  \\. 


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A    PRIMER. 


Arm. 


Bee. 


Cat. 


Dog. 


Fan. 


Globe. 


Hog. 


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A    PRIMER. 


Quail. 


Ship. 


Urn. 


Watch. 


Rose. 


Tree. 


Vine. 


A    PRIMER. 


All  the  Words  of  Two  Letters  in  the 
English  Language, 

LESSOX    1. 

ain  mi    as  at 

he    me   we  ye 

if     in     is     'it  la 

do    go    io     no  so 


10 

A    PRIMER. 

LESSON 

2. 

mo 

to     wo 

IlO 

oh 

of 

on    or 

ox 

ax 

by 

my  ay 

up 

us 

LESSON 

3. 

ab 

eh    ib 

ob 

ub 

ad 

ed    id 

od 

ud 

af 

ef     if 

of 

uf 

LESSON 

4. 

ap 

ep    ip 

op 

up 

at 

et     it 

ot 

ut 

ax 

ex    ix 

ox 

ux 

LESSON 

5. 

\    ba 

be    bi 

bo 

bu 

da 

de     di 

do 

du 

la 

le     li 

lo 

i„ 

A    PRIMER. 

n 

LESSON 

6. 

pa 

pe 

pi 

po 

pu 

ra 

re 

rl 

ro 

ru 

sa 

se 

si 

so 

su 

. 

Words 

of  Three  Letters. 

LESSON 

i. 

Ibla 

ble 

bli 

bio 

blu 

fra 

fre 

fri 

fro 

fru 

|  sla 

sle 

sli 

slo 

slu 

LESSON 

2. 

sta 

ste> 

sti 

sto 

stu 

sha  she  shi 

sho  shu 

spa  spe  spi 

spo  spu 

A    PRIMER 


A    GOOD    CHILD. 

Go  on. 

Go  out. 

Go  as  I  do. 

Go  in. 

Go  to  it. 

Can  you  go  up  ? 

Go  up. 

Go  by  me. 

I  do  go  up. 

I  am   to  do  so. 

Is  lie  to  do  it,  if  i  am  ? 

Is  my  ox  to  go  in  to  it  ? 

Oil  no,  it  is  I  to  go  up. 

If  ye  do  go  on  so. 

Is  it  he  or  I?    it  is  he. 

I  am  to  go  on  to  it. 


A    PRIMER, 


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THE    NEAT     GIRL. 

LESSON    I. 

cry 

are     j  men 

bid 

now 

GOD 

out     1  has 

put 

let 

you 

bad     |  ask 

way 

did 

not 
sin 
for 

Do  not  sin,  for  God  can  see 
you  if  you  do  :  and  if  you  sin,  you 
can  not  go  to  God.  All  who  sin 
are  bad  men ;  for  God  has  bid  us 
to  do  no  sin. 

Yet,  we  all  of  us  do  ill,  and  go 
out  of  the  way  of  our  God.  But, 
let  us  cry  to  God  to  aid  and  put 
us  in  his  own  way,  and  not  let  us 
sin.     O  let  me  not  die  in  my  sin. 


14 


A    PRIMER. 


SAY 

-ING    THE    LES-SON. 

LESSON    II. 

can 

but 

all 

his 

see 
eye 
day 

ill 

may 

try 

pen 
law 
boy 

did 

how 

was 

You  can  not  see  God,  but  God 
can  see  you  ;  for  his  eye  is  on  you 
all  the  day,  and  can  see  you  and  all 
you  do.  If  you  do  ill,  God  can  see 
you,  if  men  do  not.  If  you  see  a 
boy  do  ill,  do  not  you  do  so,  but  go 
out  of  his  way,  or  you  may  sin  too. 
You  are  to  try  all  by  the  law  of  God. 
What  God  loves,  do  you  love  ;  and 
what  God  hates,  do  you  hate. 


A    PRIMER. 


15 


U^-^j-- 


GO 


say 
lie 

joy 


bid 

bow 

ear 


out 
try 
law 


N  G     TO     CHURCH. 

LESSON    III. 

fit       |  end     J  own 
aid      I  add       son 
cup     |  new   |  set 

Say  to  God,  O  my  God,  let  me 
try  to  go  on  in  thy  way,  and  do  as 
I  am  bid  in  thy  law.  Let  me  not 
lie.      Let  me  not  be  a  bad  boy. 

All  who  go  in  it  are  in  the  way  to 
God.  Bow  thine  ear  to  me,  and  put 
me  and  all  men  in  the  way  fit  for  us. 


A    PRIMER 


A    DYING 

LESSON 


die 

off 

see 

may 

now 

new 

lot 

well 

how 

not 

let 

yea 

old 

what 

man 

sin 

fit 

put 

To  die  is  the  lot  of  all  men  ;  but 
the  bad  are  not  fit  to  die.  Own 
thy  sin  to  God,  and  ask  him  not  to 
let  you  die  in  it.  To  be  fit  to  die, 
you  are  to  be  as  a  new  man,  and 
put  off  the  old  man.  The  old  man 
is  sin.  And  sin  is  to  be  put  off  by 
all  who  go  to  God  ;  yea,  all  who 
do  so,  put  off  sin  day  by  day. 


A    PRIMER. 


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*         THE     NICE    NEW    BOOK.        . 

LESSON  V. 
The  Son  of  man  is  the  way  to 
God,  for  he  is  God.  You  are  to 
own  God  in  his  Son,  and  no  one 
but  him.  You  are  to  own  the  Son 
to  be  God,  for  so  it  is  that  He  has 
bid  you  to  own  him  ;  and  if  you 
do  not,  He  will  not  own  you.  If 
we  do  not  own  him,  we  can  not 
go  to  God  at  all,  for  we  have  no 
way  but  Him.  He  will  rid  us  of 
our  sin,  if  we  own  him.  If  a  man 
be  not  made  clean  from  his  sin  by 
the  Son  of  God   he  will  die  in  it. 


18 


A    PRIMER. 


PRAYER. 

LESSON    VI. 
How  good  and  kind  God  is. 

The  Lord  will  keep  them  safe 
that  pray  to  him  ;  for  he  is  near  to 
all  who  call  on  his  name.  God  both 
can  and  will  save  them  from  all  sin. 
Sin  will  kill  the  soul  if  God  do  not 
take  it  from  iis.«  Now  God  has  sent 
his  dear  Son  to  save  us  from  all 
our  sins.     O  let  us  then  no  to  him. 


ST.  ANDREW'S  CHURCH.  HARLAEM. 
L.KSSOX     VII. 


kind    |  hear  |  from 
will     I  clown  give 

i  1   o 


good     save  I  take 
send     come  |  with 

The  love  of  God  to  Men. 

How  good  was  God  to  send  his 
dear  Son  to  die,  to  save  us  from 
hell !  God  will  take  all  who  come 
to  him  in  the  name  of  his  Son,  to  be 
with  him.  We  do  a?l  sin  day  by  day, 
yet  God  will  hear  us  when  we  pray 
to  him  in  the  name  of  his  Son. 


20 


A    PRIMER, 


ST.  THOMAS'  CHURCH,  NEW-YORK. 

LESSON    VIII. 
We  must  not  pray  to  God  in  our  own  name. 

We  may  not  go  to  God  in  our 
own  name.  For  if  we  do,  God 
will  not  hear  us  :  but  he  has  said, 
that  he  will  hear  all  them  that 
pray  to  him  in  the  name  of  lis 
dear  Son,  and  that  he  will  do  for 
us  all  that  we  ask  of  him,  as  far  as 
it  will  be  for  our  good.  We  are 
too  apt  to  ask' for  what  will  hurt 
us;  now  God  will  not  give  us  that, 
for  he  loves  us  too  much  to  do  so. 


A    PRIMER.  21 


ST.   PAUL'S  CHAPEL,  NEW-YORK. 

LBSSOX     IX. 

They  who  do  not  fray,  can  not  go  to  God. 

If  we  do  not  pray  to  Ctpo,  we 
can  not  live  with  him ;  but  must  be 
cast  down  to  hell  with  all  bad  men. 
For  God  will  not  love  them  that  do 
not  call  on  his  name,  but  will  put 
them  in  the  lake  of  fire.  Yet  this 
will  be  the  lot  of  all  who  do  not 
pray  to  him.    Do  you  pray  to  God  ? 

If  you  do  not  pray  now,  you  will 
at  the  last  day,  but  then  it  will  be 
too  late.     Now  is  the  time  to  pray. 


LESSOR    X. 
What  God  will  do  for  them  that  pray  to  him. 

If  you  pray  to  God,  and  love 
him,  and  try  to  do  as  he  bids  you 
in  his  word,  then  when  you  die 
you  will  go  to  be  with  him.  You 
will  have  no  more  pain,  but  have 
joy  all  the  day  long.  God  will 
lead  you,  and  feed  you,  and  will 
be  your  own  God.  And  the  Son  of 
God  will  be  your  friend. 


A    PRIMER. 


23 


HOW  TO  PRAY. 

LESSOR    XI. 

A  Short  Prayer  in  Easy  Words. 

O  Lord  my  God,  who  hast  sent 
thy  dear  Son  to  save  my  soul, 
make  me  to  feel  my  need  of  him. 
Show  me  my  sins,  and  make  me 
to  hate  them  and  try  to  shun  them. 
I  am  poor  and  weak,  and  my  soul 
must  die  if  thou  do  not  give  me 
help.  I  come  to  thee,  and  hope  in 
thy  word,  for  thou  hast  said,  that 
thou  wilt  not  turn  them  back  that 
come  to  thee  in  the  name  of  thy 
Son.  It  is  in  his  name  I  come,  and 
on  him  I  fix  all  my  hope.  O  hear 
me  for  his  sake.     Amen. 


24 


A    PRIMER. 


BAPTISM. 

LESSON    XII. 

child  true  faith         serve 

church         friends       help  died 

christ        young*        teach        please 

When  a  child  is  made  one  of 
those  who  are  the  Church  of 
Christ,  the  Church  asks,  that 
some  of  his  friends  will  say  for  him 
what  he  is  too  young  to  say. 

His  friends  say,  in  his  name, 
that  is,  for  him, — that  he  will  give 
up  all  sin  ;  that  he  will  have  faith 
in  all  that  the  Church  says  of  God, 
and  Christ,  and  those  who  love 
God  and  Christ  ;  and  that  he 
will  do  all  that  God  may  bid  him 
to  do. 

Then  his  friends,  if  they  do  what 
they  say,  will  teach  him  to  pray,  to 
read  God's  word,  and  to  love  and 
serve  the  Son  of  God,  who  died  for 
us,  and  will  save  the  souls  of  all 
such  as  wili  love  him.    If  you  are  a 


A    PRIMER. 


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true  child  of  God  and  love  Christ, 
you  will  try,  by  the  help  of  God, 
to  do  what  will  please  God.  And 
if  you  pray  to  him,  he  will  help 
you,  for  Christ's  sake. 


26 


A    PRIMER. 


CATECHISM. 
LESSOR    XIII. 


lambs 
flock 
ought 
learn 


help 

best 

else 

hand 

lives 

earth 

know 

much 

more 
right 
please 
teach 


Each  child  who  is  one  of  the 
lambs  of  Christ's  flock,  ought  to 
learn  what  the  Church  of  Christ 
tells  him  to  learn,  or  else  he  is  not 
a  good  child.  If  he  learns  it  well, 
it  will  do  him  good,  as  long  as  he 
lives.  It  will  teach  him  what  he 
ought  to  know,  and  what  he  ought 
to  do.  It  will  help  him  to  live  as 
it  is  best  for  him  to  live  ;  and  it 
will  help  him  to  die,  as  it  is  best 
for  him  to  die. 

It  is  good  to  be  one  of  the  lambs 
of  Christ's  flock  on  earth,  but  () 
how  much  more,  to  be  one  of  the 
lambs  of  his  flock,  where  he  now 
is  at  the  right  hand  of  God. 

If  you  wish  to  be  with  him,  and 


A    PRIMER. 


27 


CATECHISING. 


have  him  love  you,  you  must  Jearn 
to  love  him  and  to  do  what  wil 
ease  him. 


28 


A    PRIMER. 


THE    CHILD'S    MORNING    HYMN. 

Now  I  awake 
And  sec  the  light, 
'Tis  God  has  kept 
Me  through  the  night. 

To  him  J  lift 
My  voice  and  pray, 
That  he  will  keep 
Me  through  the  day. 

If  1  should  die 
Before  'tis  done, 
O  God  accept 
Me  through  thy  Son. 


A    PRIMER. 


29 


THE   CHILD'S   EVENING   HYMN. 

And  now  I  lay 
Me  down  to  sleep, 
I  pray  the  Lord 
My  soul  to  keep. 


If  I  should  die 
Before  I  wake, 
I  pray  the  Lord 
My  soul  to  take. 


30  A    PRIMER, 


A  charge  to  keep  I  have, 

A  God  to  glorify  ; 
A  never-dying  soul  to  save, 

And  fit  it  for  the  sky  : 

From  youth  to  hoary  age, 

My  calling  to  fulfil : 
O  may  it  all  my  pow'rs  engage 

To  do  my  Master's  will. 

Arm  me  with  jealous  care, 

As  in  thy  sight  to  live, 
And  O !  thy  servant,  Lord,  prepare 

A  strict  account  to  give  : 

Help  me  to  watch  and  pray, 

And%on  thyself  rely  ; 
Assur'd  if  I  my  trust  betray, 

I  shall  f>r  ever  die. 


A    PRIMER. 


31 


THE 


ffiSSST   OOUUARBttaHW 


I.  Thou  shalt  have  none  other 
gods  but  me. 

II.  Thou  shalt  not  make  to  thy 
self  any   graven   image,    nor  the 
likeness    of  any  thing  that  is  in 
heaven  above,  or  in  the  earth  be 
neath,  or  in  the  water  under  tbo 
earth.     Thou  shalt  not  bow  down 


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32  A    PRIMER. 


to  them,  nor  worship  them  :  for 
I  the  Lord  thy  God  am  a  jealo  *s 
God  ;  and  visit  the  sins  of  the  fa- 
thers upon  the  children,  unto  the 
third  and  fourth  generation  of 
them  that  hate  me  ;  and  show 
mercy  unto  thousands  in  them 
that  love  me,  and  keep  my  com- 
mandments* 

III.  Thou  shalt  not  take  the 
name  of  the  Lord  thy  God  in  vain: 
for  the  Lord  will  not  hold  him 
guiltless  that  taketh  his  name  in 
vain. 

IV.  Remember  that  thou  keep 
holy  the  Sabbath-day.  Six  days 
shalt  thou  labor,  and  do  all  that 
thou  hast  to  do ;  but  the  seventh 
day  is  the  Sabbath  of  the  Lord 
tiiy  God.  In  it  thou  shalt  do  no 
manner  of  work ;  thou,  and  thy 
sou,  and  thy  daughter,  thy  man- 
servant, and  thy  maid-servant,  thy 


A    PRIMER.  33 


cattle,  and  the  stranger  that  is 
within  thy  gates.  For  in  six  days 
the  Lord  made  heaven  and  earth, 
the  sea,  and  all  that  in  them  is,  and 
rested  the  seventh  day  ;  where- 
fore the  Lord  blessed  the  seventh 
day,  and  hallowed  it. 

V.  Honor  thy  father  and  thy 
mother ;  that  thy  days  may  be 
long  in  the  land  which  the  Lord 
thy  God  giveth  thee. 

VI.  Thou  shalt  do  no  murder. 

VII.  Thou  shalt  not  commit 
adultery. 

VIII.  Thou  shalt  not  steal. 

IX.  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false 
witness  against  thy  neighbor. 

X.  Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy 
neighbor's  house,  thou  shalt  not 
covet  thy  neighbor's  wife,  nor  his 
servant,  nor  his  inard,  nor  his  ox, 
nor  his  ass,  nor  any  thing  that  is 
his. 


Hear  also  what  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  saith. 

Thou  shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God, 
with  all  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy 
soul,  and  with  all  thy  mind  :  this  is 
the  first  and  great  commandment. 
And  the  second  is  like  unto  it  ; 
Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thy- 
self. On  these  two  commandments 
hang  all  the  law  and  the  prophets 


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A    PRIMER.  35 


TSS   APOST&HS'   CSUSSD. 

I  believe  in  God  the  Father 
Almighty,  Maker  of  heaven  and 
earth  : 

And  in  Jesus  Christ  his  only 
Son  our  Lord  ;  Who  was  con- 
ceived by  the  Holy  Ghost,  born 
of  the  Virgin  Mary,  Suffered  under 
Pontius  Pilate,  Was  crucified,  dead, 
and  buried ;  He  descended  into 
hell ;  The  third  day  he  rose  from 
the  dead  ;  He  ascended  into  hea- 
ven, And  sitteth  on  the  right  hand 
of  God  the  Father  Almighty  ; 
From  thence  he  shall  come  to 
judge  the  quick  and  the  dead. 

I  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost  ; 
The  holy  catholic  Church  ;  The 
communion  of  saints  ;  The  for- 
giveness of  sins;  The  resurrection 
of  the  body,  And  the  life  everkst 
ing.     Amen. 


36  A    PRIMER. 


THU    SORB'S    ^RASTER. 

Our  Father,  who  art  in  heavei. 
Hallowed  be  thy  Name  ;  Thy  king- 
dom come  :  Thy  will  be  done  on 
earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven  ;  Give  us 
this  day  our  daily  bread  ;  And  for- 
give us  our  trespasses,  as  we  for- 
give those  who  trespass  against 
|  us ;  And  lead  us  not  into  tempta- 
tion ;  But  deliver  us  from  evil  ; 
for  thine  is  the  Kingdom,  and  the 
Power,  and  the  Glory,  for  ever 
and  ever.     Amen. 


2  Corinthians,  xiii.  14. 

The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  and  the  love  of  Goo,  and 
the  fellowship  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
be  *vith  us  all  evermore.     Amen. 


